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6th Grade Essential (Power) Standards with elementsSS6H1 Explain conflict and change in Latin America.a. Describe the influence of African slavery on the development of the Americas.b. Describe the influence of the Spanish and the Portuguese on the language and religions of Latin America.c. Explain the impact or the Cuban Revolution and describe the current relationship between Cuba and the United States.d. Explain the impact of poverty, the war on drugs, and migration to the United States on Latin America.SS6G1 Locate selected features of Latin America.a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: Amazon River, Amazon Rainforest, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Panama Canal, Andes Mountains, Sierra Madre Mountains, and Atacama Desert.b. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map the countries of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, and Panama. SS6G4 Locate selected features of Canada.a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: the St. Lawrence River, Hudson Bay, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, the Great Lakes, Canadian Shield, and Rocky Mountains.b. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map Canada and the province of Quebec. SS6E1 Analyze different economic systems (Latin America)a. Compare how traditional, command, and market economies answer the economic questions of 1-what to produce, 2-how to produce, 3-for whom to produce.b. Explain that countries have a mixed economic system located on a continuum between pure market and pure command.c. Compare and contrast the basic types of economic systems found in Mexico, Cuba, and Brazil.SS6E4 Analyze different economic systems (Canada)a. Compare how traditional, command, and market economies answer the economic questions of 1-what to produce, 2-how to produce, 3-for whom to produce.b. Explain that countries have a mixed economic system located on a continuum between pure market and pure command.c. Compare and contrast the basic types of economic systems found in Canada.SS6H3 Explain conflict and change in Europe.a. Describe the aftermath of World War I: the rise of communism, the Treaty of Versailles, the rise of Nazism, and worldwide depression.b. Explain the rise of Nazism including preexisting prejudices, the use of propaganda, and events which resulted in the Holocaust.c. Explain how German reunification contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union and led to the end of the Cold War.SS6G7 Locate selected features of Europe.a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: the Danube River, Rhine River, English Channel, Mediterranean Sea, European Plain, the Alps, Pyrenees, Ural Mountains, and Iberian Peninsula.b. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map the countries of France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, and United Kingdom. SS6G10 Describe selected cultural characteristics of Europe.a. Describe the diversity of languages spoken within Europe.b. Identify the major religions in Europe: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. SS6E7 Analyze different economic systems (Europe).a. Compare how traditional, command, and market economies answer the economic questions of 1-what to produce, 2-how to produce, 3-for whom to produce.b. Explain that countries have a mixed economic system located on a continuum between pure market and pure command.c. Compare and contrast the basic types of economic systems found in Europe.SS6G11 Locate selected features of Australia.a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: the Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Uluru/Ayers Rock, Indian and Pacific Oceans, Great Dividing Range, and Great Victoria Desert. SS6E10 Analyze different economic systems (Australia)a. Compare how traditional, command, and market economies answer the economic questions of 1-what to produce, 2-how to produce, 3-for whom to produce.b. Explain that countries have a mixed economic system located on a continuum between pure market and pure command.c. Compare and contrast the basic types of economic systems found in Australia.SS6E13 Understand that a basic principle of effective personal money management is to live within one’s income.a. Understand that income is received from work and is limited.b. Understand that a budget is a tool to plan the spending and saving of income.c. Understand the reasons and benefits of saving.d. Understand the uses and costs of credit.SS6CG1 & SS6CG3 Compare and contrast various forms of government.a. Explain citizen participation in autocratic, and democratic governments. [i.e. the role of citizens in choosing the leaders of Mexico (presidential democracy), Cuba (autocratic), and Brazil (presidential democracy)]. AND [United Kingdom (parliamentary democracy), Germany (parliamentary democracy), and Russia (presidential democracy)].b. Describe the two predominant forms of democratic governments: parliamentary and presidential.SS6CG2 Explain citizen participation in the Canadian government.a. Explain the role of citizens in choosing the leader of Canada (parliamentary democracy).SS6CG4 Explain forms of citizen participation in government.a. Explain citizen participation in democratic governments [i.e. the role of citizens in choosing the leaders of Australia (parliamentary democracy)]. ................
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